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Foreign,

A DISASTROUS fire has occurred ut Aurmaut-
keire, Asia Minor. Five hundred houses were
burned AMI many persons lost their lives.
STANLEY'S expedition III Africa for the re-
lief of Enin Pasha has been heard from. All
of the party were well
Two Mexican officers killed each other in a
duel
RESOLUTIONS of sympathy with Ireland
and of regret that coercion was about to be
restored have been carried i'll the Ontario Leg
islature by 50 yeas to IS nays.
The $50, 600 slaves registered in Brazil III
1873 have been reduced by system of grad
ual liberation to 10000.
Four new Cardinals will soon be created
by the Pope.
In Ecuador recently the Liberal leader.
Vargas Terres, was captured, triel b. court
martial and shot.
JUNE % has been officially set apart as the
day for observing the Queens jubilee in
Canada.
THREE young men were drowned at st.
Romuald, Canada, by the ulsattinS OF boat.
DAMAso CAMro, a planter, has been kid
mapped by Cuban bandits, who demand S?3,
ulO for his ransom.
TIE yacht Thistle, the British vessel which
will come to America this Summer to race for
the worlds championship, has just been
launched at Glasgow.
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LATER NEWS.

r;,1 miners were smotheresl to death hy
the collapse of pillar in an Ashland Penn.)
mine.
A scAFFoLD ut Monticello ILL.,, was thrown
to the ground by the antics of calf, one of
the four men upon it being killed and one IA
tally injured.
THREE brothers named Hayward were
drowned in Chesapeake Bay by the capsizing
of their boat.
THE Government has been informed that
many Indians in the vicinity Of Yuma, Arl-
zona, have died lately of meas:cS.
4 COMING bulletin of. the Agricultural
Department will give full and explicit
directions how to tell the difference between
genuine butter and oleomargarine.
THE Nova Scotia Legislature has adopted
resolutions against coercion in Ireland.
AN American party of prospectors have
discovered two of the seven silver mines IN
Mexico worked by the Spaniards over
hundred years ago. The whereabouts OF
these mines has been mystery for many
years
Mr.. GLADSTONE, in speech at n dinner
given by Labor members of Parliament, de-
clarcd his entire disbelief in the accusation
made Ly the London Times that Parnell had
written letter expressing approval Of the
PhTni1 Park murders.
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A Rerlin corresnopdent writes that Sill

A Berlin correspondent writes thatsuc-
cessful experiments have been made at
Metz with navigablc balloon, propelled
by an electric motor. The balloon is the
invention of German engineer named
Welker, who for some time was employed
in America, where he perfected his dis
covery. The German Government has
bought the invention, paying for it
100000 marks down and another
100000 which is to be paid in install
ments. The speed of the balloon ex-
cccds that of railway train, and it may
be stopped and directed at will, moving
aginst the wind.
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AN OHIO MOB'S WORK.
Blowing Up Canal Property
With Dynamite.
The Governor Issues a Proclama-
tion and Calls Out the Military. !

Northwestern Ohio has been in state Of
excitement over the attempted destruction Of
canal property in Paulding county. For.
years the six mile reservoir of the old Wa
bash Canal has been an eyesore to
Paulding people, who declare 1t
nuisance becaus, it renders useless
thousands of acres which might be excellent
farming land. Repeated attempts have been
made to abandon and drain it. but the Leg
islature has refused on the ground that such
action would eventually abandon every canal
Of the State. There was considerable scan-
dal over the matter in the Late
Assembly, as thousands Of dollars were.
supposed to have been spent to secure the prop
erty for the railroad and land SPECTATORS
Recently the Paulding County people have
threatened to destroy the reservoir and State
property adj lcent thereto. Abortiye at-s
tempts have oeen made to blow up the banks
with dynamite, and the Canal Board have
had guards on duty day and night. A.
Columbus despatch gives the. following adj
ditional particulars: ........e. -
Governor Foraker received kilograms from
C. A. Flickinger and others in Defnnce,
stating that mob of 200 men had
marched on the canal in body, had
captured and put into confinement the
guards, holding them until daylight
and threatening death should they ever tes-
tify against their eaptofs. Then. the mob
worked all night on the front and rear banks
Of the reservoir, letting out the water. The
lock was blown up with dynamite,
and several locks near by were SINH
larly destroyed The keepers house was
soaked in coal oil and burned to the ground.
This completely destroyed the reservoir and
adjacent canal system, and thousands OF
dollars will not represent the cost OF repair.
The Paulding County authorities are un--
willing to interfere, local sympathy being
with the mob. Friends of the canal system
telegraphed for troops and the Governor
issued a proclamation commanding the
rioters to disperse and warning them that
further depreciation would be at their peril
The Adj General was at once sent to the Scene
of the trouble and all the militia in North
western Ohio were ordered to be In readiness
A company from Napoleon, Henry County,
was sent to the scene, and the entire militia
of Ohio will be forwarded to the place
if necessary. Governor Foraker also
telegraphed C. A. Flickinger, MEM
ber Of the State Canal Board, to begin repairs
at once on the destroyed properly, and to
warn the mob against any interference with
the work. As the property belongs to the
State the leaders Of the mob are likely, IL
convicted, to beseverely- punished. Y
A Toledo dispatch says that Frederick
Rivers, of Company B., while on guard at
the canal had been shot and killed. ~ Y
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4 London "Oath."

Bloody is the strongest adjective oath
in the low street calendars of London.
Yet the word has history Outing from
the days Of Queen Elizabeth. When this
maiden Queen Bcss sat on the throne of
England "a chivalrous oath Of the knights
was one in the name of the Queen. IN
covering the head and looking toward her
castle, they would exclaim, when wish
ing TO intensity a statement: by our
Lady BcsS".' On the other hand, the
Queen had many enemies among her sub
jccts These would mutter under their
breath in accents of imprecation "Hloody
Bcss.' the word coined by speaking ''by
--our-ladyH quickly. Hcnceforth the
adjective indicated loathing and insult.
Low class Londoncrs do not often swear
in the sense of taking Gods name in
vain. Their swearing IS mostly confined
to a reckless finging about of this SAN
culinary epithet, which I've written with
bated qreath, so accustomed have I grown
to regarding the word as the veriest lcp
rosy Of speech. Troy Times.
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Professor Brown-scquard," says the
Pail Mall Gazette, "has been informing his
students that death by throat-cuttinS is
painless from the moment the skin OF the
neck is severed, and that the scverinS OF
the larynx produces complete anesthesia.
Moreover, a blow delivered with violence
upon the larynx produce instantaneous
death, with syncopal appearances; and NJ.
Brown-Sequard thinks that 'inasmuch as
most assassins seem to be cognizant of the
fact, honest people ought to be made
aware of it Also Just what the con-
clusion from these statements is, VIC do
not exactly see. Is ita plea for the intro
duction Of a new method of capital punish
ment, or veiled compliment to the cxten:
sivc and peculiar knowledge possessed by
the French assassin"'
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the great capitals of the world

Many efforts have been made in vain
in recent years to introduce the onc-ccnt
piece into common use in the South. The
New Orleans Times Democrat recalls the
fact that several years ago "a newspaper
imported some barrels of the coins and
put them forth, only to find out that they
returned in a very short time" Al last
the despiscd coin is reported to be win
ming favor in New Orleans. The T;;me,-
Democrat declares that "a large number
of houses are now willing to accept it
and make their change accordingly, and
the public is beginning to recognize that
I cent is of some value after all.
Strange to say, at the beginning of this
movement, the small dealers still hold
back -
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Arbor. or trce-plantinp. days are GROW.

Arbor, or tree-planting, days are grow
ing in favor. Pennsylvania held hers
April %, New Jersey the 18th for sonth-
ern counties and the 22d in northern
counties, and on April 20 Connecticut
held her first planting as appointed
by law. Some of the Western States,
notably Nebraska, have established arbor
days with profitable results. The need
of trce-planting, in order to replace the
growth cut away for various purposes. is
too obvious to require one word Of argu-
ment. Any regulation which impels
people to set trees where there is none is
to be commended.
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JOHN G. CALHOUN.
A Statue Of the South Carolina
Statesman Unveiled ut Charleston.

A Statue Of the South Carolina
Statesman Unveiled ut Charleston.
The celebration Of the unveiling of the
statue of John G. Calhoun in Charleston, S.
c.. few days since, was all event to which
the people of the State have looked forward
for many years, and large numbers came to
the CITY from every part of South Carolina
to witness the proceedings. The en-,
tire population of the city also turned
out, the result being parade and
asenblage of sightsaers such as is rarely
witnessed in the South. The nnmber OF Neil
in the ranks in the various military and civic
organizations is estimated at 1000. The line
of march entended from the Battery up Mrrs-
ing street 10 Marion square. the site or the
statute The number Of spectators along the
route was not less than 10000 and the crowd
that gathered around the statue was hut H
tie less.
The statue was drap"l with bot! III" State
away hy six little children. While thirty,hVe
Young ladies and misses stood around as
sponsors. Most of them are relatives OF Mr
Calhoun. The children were Julia Calhoun.
great-eranldauchter of the StatcSnlan; W III
lam LowndeS Calhoun, Srcat-SIendson; q.
Putnam Calhoun. Jr.. great-Gsslandson. and
sreat-eran,l nephew of General Putnam: Sadie
Ancrum, great. grand niece: tlorlde Calhoun
PckcIE and Floride Peyne Johnson.
The dedicatory prayer was made by the
Rev. DR.. G. c. PiiIckney. Thea followed an
ode to Calhoun by Miss L. B. Cheeseborough.
Following this came the Grafton oil Secretary
Lamar. which was followed by another Cal
houn ode written by Margaret j. Preston.
There was a host of distinguished men
from all parts of the country present. Sec
retarv Lamar Senator VOORHEES,. Secretary
Fairchild, aud Postmaster General Villas were
among the visitors Of proniincare.
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Interesting News Topics From
Other Lands.
Progress Of Stanley's Expedition
For Emin Pasha's Relief.

Advices from the Stanley expedition for
the relief of Emin Pasha have been received
from Matadi on the Congo River. The entire
expedition landed at Banana at the mouth of
the river, and re-embarked aboard vessels
belonging to the Congo State, which We're
awaiting the expedition. Next day the expe-
dition anchored at Bona, the seat of the gen.
eral administration of the Congo Free State,
and a cordial reception was given the whole
body. Mr. Stanley was confident of the sue
cess of his enterprise, and hoped that in June
he would be able to render effectual assist
ance to Emin Pasha. The Free State had AZ
ranged to victual the expedition from Matadi
to Leopoldville. From Stanley Pool Mr..
Stanley hoped to march rapidly and to sur
prise the enemies hedging Emin Pasha. The
expedition left Bona on March 81 and
disembarked, the river being unnavigable
ingston Falls. The expedition was to pro-
ceed on foot for eighteen days along the
falls, and expected to reach Leopoldville on
April l9, where Mr.. Stanley was to be met
by four steamers belonging to the Conga
State. The English and French mis-
sion stations of the upper Congo
had also been requested to place their two
steamers at his service. The alliance made
with Tppoo lib and his appointment to the
Governorship of Stanley Falls is regarded as
q master stroke by Mr.. Stanley, who will be
able to use Tippoo's great influence to pro-
tect the expedition after it leaves the Congo
stations.
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THE NATIONAL GAME.

TEE New York's new catcher, Brown,
appears to be an excellent base-runner.
THE best base-runner in the Louisville Club
is to receive gold medal st the end Of the
season.
JAY FAATS, Of the Torontos, is the tallest
man in the baseball profession, with six feet
three inches
The new rules are accomplishing what
they were expected to, viz; Tightening the
umpire duties.
REERR, of the New Yorks, has shown up
better under the new rules than any other
League pitcher.
Four of the Chicago team are over six feet
ling and Sullivan.
SYRACUSE has the honor Of being the first
club this season to whip National League
club-the Pittsburgs.
A NASHVILLE doctor has offered $3.50
cup to the Tennessee Intercollegiate Baseball
Association as prize.
The management Of the Washington Base
ball Club has issued season tickets to the
President, members Of his Cabinet aid many
of the prominent bureau officars.
The indianapolis club is to issue ladies'
season ticket at price of SIS, and conpli-
mentary tickets will also be issued t. such of
the clergy as cvince an interestin the game.
In the ranks of the Buffalos, is Grant, the
finest colored second baseman in the :oulltry,
with few equals among his white brethren,
and Jack Eensen, the veteran centre 5fclder.
AL. SrAULDlNG, President of the Chicago
club, WAS the first professional TO get n big
salary. lie was called the "Four thousand
dollar pitcher" from getting that sllrl for one
seasons work.
OF the men who have led the League in
batting since 1879, the New Yorks contain
three, namely: Gore, Connor and 0'Rourke,
while Anson belongs to Chicago. Erouthers
to Dctriot and Kelly to Boston.
THE baseball craze in Macon, Ga. has
gone so far that the teachers i'll the schools
entertained the pupils with anecCoteS re-
garding the lives of the members of the
Datriot team during their visit to the
Southern city This is an absolute fact, says
a correspondent.
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silver,

A gentleman interested in the COM
merce of the great lakes says that it is
going rapidly to large hulls. Twenty
years ago propeller that could carry
$4,000 bushels of grain or 1000 tons Of
coal was considered a monster, but there
are many now in the trade between
Buffalo and Chicago and Cleveland and
Duluth that carry over 1890 bushels
of grain in single cargo. The Onoko,
one of the great iron propellers, takes
100, bushels Of oats in single cargo.
These large vessels are fast crowding the
smaller propellers and sailing vessels off
the lakes,
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MILLS WRECKED,
A Fatal Boiler Explosion at Pater
son. N, j,

a fatal BO1Ier Explosion AT Fatcf'
son, N. j.
CONSERVATION spread among the employees
in the mills and factories in the vicinity Of
the Ivanhoe Paper Mills at Paterson n. j.
the other afternoon. The earth and build
ings shook perceptibly and almost immedi-
ately came load rumbl;ng detonation. The
rerrort and vibration were caused by the eZ
plosion of large boiler in the Ivanhoe Mill.
A scene of great excitement ensued.
Added to the already great excitement In
the vicinity was the dashing up of the fire
engines The mill had taken fire The build
ing in which the explosion took place was
two-story brick, seventy feet long and about
thirty feet wide. This was as completely
demolished as if it had been torn down
by hand, excepting at some points the beams
were left in dangerous positions As fast as
the injured We're taken out of the ruins they
were placed in the ambulance and sent to st.
Joseph's Hospital Hacks were also pressed
into service for the work.
The exploded boiler was rotary one in
which rags are boiled. 1t had been in use
long number of years. The boiler was OF
rather peculiar construction and somewhat
rcsembled huge submarine torpedo. 1t re-
volved on huge shaft and was located III
the mill fronting on Spruce street.
When the explosion took place one-half OF
the boiler shot across Spruce street, which is
about Seventy-fve feet wide, and passed
through the brick wall of the silk mill of j.
H. Booth & Co. This half of the boiler went
through the wall with a terrific crash.
following it the roof of the silk mill
fell in. The boiler passed completely
through this mill and across an alley
way about ten feet wide and lodged
against the wall of another brick mill, max
ing hugo semi-circular hole in it. At the
time the boiler went through the Booth Mill
the walls of the paper mill were crumbling
in, and the whole made dull, roaring noise
that could be hearta long distance. The fol-
lowing is list of the persons killed and Ill
jured by the accident:
Killed-Michael Burke, boilerman, aged
sixty. of Jersey street; leaves wife and fam
lily. Fatally injured-Maggie Van Sile, skull
fractured and face and head badly locerated.
James Simpson, chest crushed; died next
dav William Jenkins. head crnshed.
Severely lnjurel-David Told. Marie Far
rell, Ellen Faulkner, Bridget Cowan. Mrs.
Maggie Connolly, Sarah McGranger LizAe
Mc(Iranger, Bridget Mccormick. Owen
Burke, Rachel Levy and Mary Keisburg.
The pocuniary loss by the explosion will
probably amount to s30.0D to property, to
say nothing of the loss of life that will follow.
The boiler house and the silk mill were COM
pletely wrecked. The damage done in the vi
entity to glass was immense. Windows in
houses several blocks away were broken
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NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and Middle States.

THE Delaware Legislature has adjourned
sine die Among the closing acts Of the Ses-
sion was the defeat by the Senate Of the
House High License bill.
ARCHBISHOP CORRIGAN, of New York, tie
nOnnces recent utterances of the Chlhphc
Hp,uld, staunch friend of Rev. DR.. Nc
Glynn, as "shockinSly scandalous," and
warns its editor not to let any such appear in
future.
SUNDAY laws against liquor selling have
been rigidly carried out in New York City.
FirStcaSS hotels and restaurants, as well as the
smaller places, are prevented from serving
liquor to guests
Miss NANCY LESLEY, bright Philadel-
phia belle, accidentally shot and killed her
self with u revolver which she carried While
visiting friends in Brooklyn, n Y.
FIRE in big Brooklyn gas fixtures manu-
factory caused loss of S3OO,00
JAKE" SHARP, the man who is charged
with blibing the New York Aldermen to
grant his Broadway horse-car company a
charter, was hauled up in court by the Dis
trict-Attorney on Monday, and his trial set
for an carly day.
A FIRE at Allegheny City, PENN, resulted
in the death Of two persons-a man and u
woman-and fatal injuries to one man.
NUMEROUS stove foundries in the East have
been closed because niolderS refused to work
on patterns male by a boycotted ST. Louis
firm.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE,

THE Crown Prince Of Germany Is suffering
from cancer Of the tongue. -..ss1, 8
Hon. JAMES g. BLAINE, has entirely re-
covered from his recent illness. ,Ea
The Duke Of Argyll is considered the best
speaker in the House of Lords. ~
The Emperorof Japan has been making q
tour of the chief cities of his kingdom
IDLER VoN SEYFRIEp, nobleman Of long
descent IS the public e1ecutioner Of Vienna.
MAYOR EDWARDS, of Fargo, Dakota, 10
the heaviest Mayor in the United States He
weighs $50 pounds. :,
JOAQUIN MILLER has bought tract Of
land near Fruit Vale, Cal, and propose to
establish literary colony there
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND Will probably be
present ut the dedication of the Soldiers
Monument at New Haven on June II.
ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN, the author OF
''Rock Me to Sleep, Mother" Is described as
as handsome woman Of imposing presence,
with gray hair and fresh complexion.
PAUL BoYToN, the swimmer, is SO years Of
age. He is feet 10 1-2 inches in height, with
bronzed complexion, fair hair and large, blue
eyes He speaks five languages fuently.
GENERAL GEORGE A. SHERIDAN, who Is
attracting good deal Of attention by his at
tacks on "Ingersollisnl," was about to enter
Yale College when the war broke out, but he
went to the front instead. =
Miss FLORENCE GREENE Of Montreal who
saved her father last summer from being
carried over the Lachine Rapids has been
presented with the medal Of the Royal HUI
name Society Of England.
DooRKEEPER DoNELsoN of the House Of
Representatives is said to be the handsomest
Man at Washington. He is six feet tall, has
iron-gay hair, small, curling moustache, a
clear complexion and a pair Of brilliant steel
blue eyes. He is genial and popular man.
JoHEL. BLAIR, after whom Blairstown, N.
j. was named, is eighty-five years Of age, but
does not look over sixty. He is hale and hearty
and happy. He owns great part Of Blairs-
town, a million acres of land in the far West,
and has owned n number of railroads. He IS
many times millionaire.
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Spuf.lh and West.

LATER reports of the devastation by the cy-
clone in Kansas Missouri, Arkansas, Texas
and Mississippi are heartrending, and the
number of lives lost is much greater than was
at first anticipated. The town of Prescott,
Kansas was wiped out of existence. .
A FLAT car loaded with laborers collided
with all engine Oh division of the Northern
Pacific railroad in Washington Territory.
Six men werc killed and eighteen injured.
PATRICK N. HENNEssY, Sergeant. at Arms
of the late Texas State Senate, but dismissed
for forging vouchers has been convicted and
sentenced to two years imprisonment.
MANY prominent people, including several
members of President Clevelands Cabinet,
were present at the unveiling of a statue to
John G.. Calhoun in Charleston, S. C. Mill
tary companies from all parts Of the State
participated in the parade
SOME boys were examining all old shell
embedded in the side of the mountain at
Harper's Ferry, Va, when it exploded with
such tremendous force that several dwellings
100 yards away were almost demolished.
Six persons were injured, two with probably
fatal result.
AT least 40D children are down with measles
at Madison, Wis. Many adults have also been
attacked